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A45530 Christian geography and arithmetick, or, A true survey of the world together with the right art of numbering our dayes therein being the substance of some sermons preached in Bristol / by Thomas Hardcastle. Hardcastle, Thomas, d. 1678? 1674 (1674) Wing H699; ESTC R29470 88,947 217

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11.3_o titus_n 1.16_o phil._n 3.19_o eccles_n 8.6_o 7_o 8_o 9.12_o heb._n 12.11_o job_n 29.4_o heb._n 13_o mat._n 6●_n 1_o cor._n 7.29_o mr._n b_o phil._n 4.1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d job_n 21.7_o mat._n 14.4_o mat._n 13.19.22_o 25._o mr._n g._n 2_o pet._n 3.8_o 1_o king_n 14.14_o eccl._n 8.12_o hab._n 2.3_o kin._n 10._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luk._n 17.28_o mr._n g._n v._o 13._o etc._n etc._n v._o 29._o v._o 30._o prov._n 6.1_o c._n 27.23_o 1.7_o 1_o tim._n 6.19_o joh._n 4.23_o 24._o joh._n 4.23_o 24._o v._o 5_o 6_o 7._o heb._n 11._o 1_o cor._n 7.29_o mr._n f._n exod._n 29.19_o job_n 3.21_o the_o lady_n barwick_n of_o toulston_n in_o yorkshire_n to_o who_o i_o have_v the_o happiness_n to_o be_v chaplain_n for_o several_a year_n and_o must_v ever_o own_v myself_o to_o bemuch_o oblige_v and_o no_o less_o to_o the_o right_n honourable_a the_o lord_n henry_n fairtax_n her_o son_n in_o law_n and_o my_o constant_a and_o faithful_a friend_n in_o my_o suffering_n for_o christ_n job_n 3.21_o 1_o pet._n 1.17_o 2_o pet._n 3.5_o quo_fw-la irem_fw-la s●●tunc_fw-la obtrem_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o ignem_fw-la &_o tormenta_fw-mi digna_fw-la factis_fw-la mcis_fw-la etc._n etc._n cont._n 5._o 5._o nisi_fw-la primo_fw-la deus_fw-la per_fw-la miscre_fw-la cordiam_fw-la parceret_fw-la non_fw-la inveniret_fw-la ques_fw-la per_fw-la judiesum_fw-la c●iona_fw-la ret_fw-la rome_n 3.25_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luk._n 13.8_o 2_o pet._n 3._o 2_o timo._n 2.25_o mr._n g._n mat._n 6.34_o 1_o thes_n 4.11_o de_fw-fr net_n deor._n 3._o dan._n 5.17_o mr._n g._n vide_fw-la prus_a ne_fw-la illud_fw-la debeas-frange_a esurienti_fw-la panem_fw-la tuum_fw-la etc._n etc._n psal_n 61._o esa_n 58.7_o esa_n 1.16_o 17_o 18._o disputare_fw-la vis_fw-la anrequam_fw-la facias_fw-la unde_fw-la dignus_fw-la sis_fw-la disputare_fw-la etc._n etc._n queritur_fw-la aegisthus_n quare_fw-la sit_fw-la factus_fw-la adulter_fw-la in_fw-la promptu_fw-la ratio_fw-la est_fw-la desidiosus_fw-la erat_fw-la mat._n 16_o 3._o ver._n 12._o luk._n 10.38_o prov._n 22.3_o luk._n 12.35_o etc._n etc._n prov._n 1.7_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d eph._n 5_o 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dura_n molesta_fw-la v_o 11_o 12_o 14_o 17_o 18_o